Marquis

A Texas-based company will take ownership of the Marquis at Williamsburg shopping center in upper York County. Todd Interests, a real estate investment, brokerage and development company, purchased the limited liability corporation from New York-based bank CIT. On Wednesday the county announced the sale of the property, which includes anchor stores Target, J.C. Penney, Kohl's, Best Buy and Dick's Sporting Goods. Purchasing the limited liability corporation from the bank makes the new owner responsible for debt and assets associated with shopping center.

YORK - York supervisors reviewed their board policies and approved an amendment to allow the Marquis Community Development Authority to issue up to $5 million in revenue bonds to secure Sam's Club at the Marquis shopping center Tuesday evening. One of the policy changes that drew the most attention was a recommendation from county staff to forbid people from taping posters and signs on the walls in York Hall unless they got "specific authorization from the county administrator. " The problem with taping posters or maps to the walls inside York County is that it requires costly repairs, said Thomas Shepperd, vice president of the Board of Supervisors.

Editor's note: This is part of an everyday series exploring individual line items in state and local budgets. Read the entire series at www.dailypress.com/watchdog . The Marquis shopping center in upper York County is expected to bring in about $1 million this year, but the county only sees about $150,000 of that. The county uses the money to pay for services rendered at the site, including increased police and fire protection, and water and sewer. It is deposited as a lump sum in the General Fund and then used as revenue in the budgeting process.

Editor's note: This is part of an everyday series exploring individual line items in state and local budgets. Read the entire series at www.dailypress.com/watchdog . The Marquis shopping center in upper York County is expected to bring in about $1 million this year, but the county only sees about $150,000 of that. The county uses the money to pay for services rendered at the site, including increased police and fire protection, and water and sewer. It is deposited as a lump sum in the General Fund and then used as revenue in the budgeting process.

The York County Planning Commission during a work session last week nixed two proposed land use changes to the Comprehensive Plan. The Planning Commission nixed a proposal to shift a mixed-use designation from 250 acres near Cheatham Annex west to the Marquis shopping center area off Route 199. Instead they agreed to keep the mixed-use designation for the 250 acres and expand it to include the Marquis. The Commission changed the proposal after hearing from Matt Egger, whose family owns the 250-acre property, who said removing the mixed use designation would make it harder to attract a developer.

Retail giant Sam's Club has signed a letter of intent to anchor the Marquis shopping center in upper York. No definite timeline has been set for its opening, but a company spokesman said the new 135,000-square-foot store will create 175 new jobs in the area. "We are still in the early stages," Mark Scott, Sam's Club spokesman, said. "We feel like we can be a positive part of the community. " Shawn Todd, CEO of Todd Interests, which acquired the struggling shopping center in 2011, said this is "the endorsement the property needed.

The York Board of Supervisors approved a pair of proposals expanding the footprint of a shopping center in upper York County. Developers of The Marquis, located off Interstate 64 and Route 199 near Water Country USA, asked the supervisors to add 200,000-square-feet of retail space to the existing 127-acre commercial parcel for a national club discount store, gas station and restaurant. In another request, developers asked to rezone the lower, undeveloped portion of their property to allow for a 650-unit residential development.

A York County community development authority had to find other ways to cover the initial Marquis at Williamsburg bond payment last month because the troubled shopping center's current owner failed to pay a $1.3 million tax bill. The problem stems from a 2007 Board of Supervisors decision to create the Marquis community development authority and sell more than $30 million in bonds to help finance infrastructure work at the 240-acre retail project that was supposed to have 250 stores by 2011.

YORK - Proposed land use changes laid out during a York County Planning Commission work session Thursday included some new ideas for development at sites like the Marquis shopping center. Tim Cross, principal planner for York, went through a list of 14 recommended changes to the county's land use map based on staff evaluations or property owner requests. The Planning Commission reviewed the map as part of the process to update the Comprehensive Plan. One proposal would add a mixed-use designation to the Marquis shopping center off Route 199 near Water Country USA. Cross said adding a mixed-use designation would open the door for residential development which could "help with the development of the Marquis.

The long-foundering Marquis at Williamsburg shopping development appears to be edging deeper into trouble. For the better part of a year, bankers have tried - so far without success - to lock in a new developer to resuscitate the 240-acre construction project in northern York County that's gone unfinished since the original developer, Premiere Properties, went bankrupt last spring. In the meantime, only five of the 250 stores envisioned to be operating at the Marquis by 2011 have materialized.

The Marquis shopping center in upper York County is expected to bring in about $1 million this year, but the county only sees about $150,000 of that. The county uses the money to pay for services rendered at the site, including increased police and fire protection, and water and sewer. It is deposited as a lump sum in the General Fund and then used as revenue in the budgeting process. In 2006, the county set up the Marquis Community Development Authority District, which encompasses the 223 acres off Interstate 64 and Route 199 near Water Country USA. It is home to Target, Dick's Sporting Goods, Kohl's and J.C. Penney, and soon will expand to include a Sam's Club and housing development.

YORK - The York County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed Tuesday night to a regional sewer plan despite voicing strong reservations that county rate payers might not get much bang for their buck. Hampton Roads Sanitation District has proposed a regional approach to cut the amount of sewage that leaks out of old or broken pipes during heavy rainfalls - a solution for which the Environmental Protection Agency has mandated. But all 14 localities in Hampton Roads must buy into the plan.

YORK - The developer of the Marquis shopping center in upper York County wants to build a 100-room hotel. To do so, the Board of Supervisors must amend the existing special-use permit expanding the retail center by 85,000 square feet. The proposal is slated to go before the board Tuesday night. The hotel concept originated in 2007 with a previous developer of the center, according to a documents filed by the county planning department. The supervisors approved the prior plan then, but the developer later filed for bankruptcy.

Sam's Club headingto anchor Marquis in York Retail giant Sam's Club has signed a letter of intent to anchor the Marquis shopping center in upper York. A company spokesman said the new 135,000-square-foot store will create 175 new jobs in the area. Smile Love Joy: Will see what this really does as to the pay these 175 folks get to live without the help of public assistance. Now to create jobs (is) great ... but only if it pays to help one live and not struggle as if they are still without a job. So I say again, (we)

Retail giant Sam's Club has signed a letter of intent to anchor the Marquis shopping center in upper York. No definite timeline has been set for its opening, but a company spokesman said the new 135,000-square-foot store will create 175 new jobs in the area. "We are still in the early stages," Mark Scott, Sam's Club spokesman, said. "We feel like we can be a positive part of the community. " Shawn Todd, CEO of Todd Interests, which acquired the struggling shopping center in 2011, said this is "the endorsement the property needed.

By Norm Wood, nwood@dailypress.com and By Norm Wood, nwood@dailypress.com | December 27, 2013

After not dressing out for any of Virginia Tech's first 11 men's basketball games, junior point guard Marquis Rankin has decided to leave the program. Rankin, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound native of Charlotte, N.C., will remain enrolled at Tech. He didn't play at all in the first month-and-a-half of the season, missing games for what Tech coach James Johnson had referred to as "personal reasons" before Friday's announcement of Rankin's departure. "I completely support Marquis on his decision," said Johnson in a statement released by Tech's athletic department.

YORK — An Atlanta-based firm has pulled out of its contract to buy the ailing Marquis shopping center. The Marquis at Williamsburg was once envisioned to be a crowning jewel for York County with 250 stores expected by 2011. But the original developer, Premiere Properties, went bankrupt and subcontractors were unpaid. The shopping center's construction stalled and only five stores have opened to date. Last summer, a silver lining appeared to emerge when Madison Retail LLC stepped in to purchase the property from CIT, a New York-based bank.

YORK - The developer of the Marquis shopping center in upper York County wants to build a 100-room hotel. To do so, the Board of Supervisors must amend the existing special-use permit expanding the retail center by 85,000 square feet. The proposal is slated to go before the board Tuesday night. The hotel concept originated in 2007 with a previous developer of the center, according to a documents filed by the county planning department. The supervisors approved the prior plan then, but the developer later filed for bankruptcy.

The York Board of Supervisors approved a pair of proposals expanding the footprint of a shopping center in upper York County. Developers of The Marquis, located off Interstate 64 and Route 199 near Water Country USA, asked the supervisors to add 200,000-square-feet of retail space to the existing 127-acre commercial parcel for a national club discount store, gas station and restaurant. In another request, developers asked to rezone the lower, undeveloped portion of their property to allow for a 650-unit residential development.

The Marquis shopping center in upper York County is poised to get more stores after the York County Planning Commission on Wednesday recommended approval of a new design plan for the retail center that would bring in a national discount club store along with other stores and restaurants. The commission approved an amendment to an existing special-use permit to change the design plan of the shopping center to reduce the total retail square footage by about 30 percent from 849,000 square feet to around 640,000 square feet.